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Bill gives 8-year-olds gun rights
By Dana Hamilton | Jan. 23, 2006Bill eliminates hunters??? safety requirements
UW-Madison's January scientific discoveries
By Jamie Thomas | Jan. 23, 2006Glaciers A glacier last covered Madison more than 10,000 years ago, according to soil samples from the pit dug on the site of the future Microbial Sciences building. Blindness Mutations ' ¦
Iowa hands No. 19 Badgers second Big Ten loss
By Negassi Tesfamichael and Louis Bien | Jan. 23, 2006The No. 19 Wisconsin men's wrestling team came up just short in several key matches in Friday night's dual meet against No. 6 Iowa at the Wisconsin Field House. The ' ¦
Is homosexuality spurring God’s wrath in Iraq war?
By Kelly Schlicht | Jan. 23, 2006The war in Iraq and the battle over gay rights were two of the top issues of 2005. Making headlines now, however, is a religious group so overzealous in its beliefs that it has confused and combined the two issues into offensive and misguided protests at the funerals of fallen soldiers.
Google hitting the books
By Molly Reppen and Christopher Guess | Jan. 23, 2006Traditional library research may go the way of the typewriter thanks to a new alliance between Google, universities and libraries from across the world. Google Print, split between Google Publisher ' ¦'
Residents of Capitol Square area say nightclubs make neighborhood unsafe
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Ben Broeren | Jan. 23, 2006Last week, Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. publicly criticized several Capitol Square area nightclubs, claiming the clubs' clientele are making the neighborhood unsafe. Police reports of assault and fighting often stemming from ' ¦
Ogg vandalism the last in slew of incidents
By Negassi Tesfamichael and Andrew Peck | Jan. 23, 2006Although smaller anonymous hate crimes may be more common, it could be the overt targeting of a specific UW-Madison student that has forced recent allegations of hate crimes in Ogg ' ¦
Environmentalists commend MG&E for phasing out coal power in east side plant
By Andrew Geisthardt | Jan. 23, 2006Coal burning generators at the Blount Street Power Plant will be phased out within six years, according to a Madison Gas and Electric statement released late last week.
Letter to the Editor: Hate crime laws essential legislation
Jan. 23, 2006The claim of last Thursday's Cardinal View editorial, 'The constitution protects hate,' that hate crime laws 'afford minority populations special, un-equal rights under the law' is both erroneous and ignorant. ' ¦
Elliott-less UW falls to Denver
By Max Hooker | Jan. 23, 2006The Wisconsin men's hockey team (13-2-2 WCHA, 18-4-2 overall) entered this weekend's series against Denver (11-5-2, 14-10-2) surrounded by question marks regarding freshman goaltender Shane Connelly, who was starting in ' ¦
Some directing stars badly in need of comeback
By Joe Pudas | Jan. 23, 2006Snap, Crackle, Pudas!'
Cleaning up Katrina
By Elli Thompson | Jan. 23, 2006One writer???s story of winter break in the heart of the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort.'
New bin Laden tape warns of future terrorist attacks, offers a truce
Jan. 23, 2006A tape believed by the Central Intelligence Agency to be from Osama bin Laden boasts of terror attacks underway in the United States and offers a truce between al Qaeda ' ¦
Badger Bits
Jan. 23, 2006Women's Hockey No. 1 Wisconsin notched their 16th WCHA victory Sunday and completed a sweep of Ohio State, winning 2-1. Their overall record increased to 21-2-1. Senior assistant captain Nikki ' ¦
Burke, Women’s tennis victorious 7-0 in home opener over Northern Illinois
By Jon McNamara | Jan. 23, 2006Already a heavy favorite heading into their home opener against Northern Illinois (0-0 MAC, 0-1 overall), the Wisconsin women's tennis team (0-0 Big Ten, 0-1) was aided by NIU forfeits at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles en route to a convincing 7-0 victory over the Huskies.
Malick’s brave ’New World’
By Joe Pudas | Jan. 23, 2006Terrence Malick is probably the most enigmatic director alive today, having made only four films over the past 30-plus years. As he has spent most of his time teaching philosophy, Malick essentially moonlights in film, and every time he ventures out to make another, it becomes an event for cinephiles. Like the similarly reclusive Stanley Kubrick, Malick is a striking visionary whose work eschews conventional storytelling techniques. Malick's latest film, 'The New World,' is his most stylistically extreme and will undoubtedly inspire divisive reactions, but for those who are not put off by its deliberate pace, it is a lush, intoxicating masterwork.
Home not so sweet for Badgers in loss
By Ryan Hessenthaler | Jan. 23, 2006Despite the absences of freshman forward Marcus Landry and sophomore center Greg Stiemsma, the Wisconsin men's basketball team (4-1 Big Ten, 14-4 overall) had a lot going for them heading ' ¦



